Monolith -- two song preview, mini review

                                                    (Artwork for the new album)




I got this preview CD when they through it out to the crowd at one of their shows. I was excited to see how this new material sounds! So lets get on to the review!

1. The first song "Bring the pit" clocks in at 7:20 It's a pretty fast song it's pretty much comprised of Bay Area type riffing the first thing I thought about was Battery by Metallica. So it's fast and song is good however I have one minor complaint. It's too long of a song for me. Now this is just me I don't like really long songs I think if they would have maybe cut a few pieces off for example the slow chugging part instead of six times it could have been three or something I don't know I personally think the song would have been a bit better. The solos are great though! The drums sound good also! So I'm not totally knocking it because it's not a bad song just not my favorite.

2. This song "Being led blind" clocks in at 5:23. This song really caught my attention from the first part it's kinda mellow but it keeps a good pace. Then you get into this build up part which I thought was really cool. Then you get a mid pace riff and then the drums kick in and then the whole band. There's a bit of Pantera type guitar squeals in the song also. The guitarist and vocalist Kris does a very good job on this song. The drummer Jeremy does some great drumming through out the song also.

Production wise to me it sounds pretty much the same from their old demo  So the productions is good and the songs are overall very good. So keep on the look out for their new album that should be coming out hopefully by next year?  I don't know to tell you the truth but until then just keep waiting.

Infernal Assault -- Natural Selection review

                                           Infernal Assault -- Natural Selection review

Infernal Assault is a thrash metal band out of L.A.  This album just rips from front to end just speed, speed and more speed. It starts off with the song Martial Law is a song that will get you headbanging instantly. If you like to mosh then you can do that to.  The next some Cop Killer has a really cool riff and this one like it's predecessor is just all out speed. One thing I do like is that the riffs aren't Exodus type riffs you heard 1000 times before. Destruction influenced this band a lot from what I can tell. The title track has some really good guitar and bass lines and they change it up a lot more in this song which makes it more memorable in my opinion there is also a really good solo on this song also. I think my favorite song on this album is probably Scum it's just an in your face thrash song and it gets you headbanging every time!

Now onto some other aspects of this album. The vocals are pretty good, the guitar has a good tone to it. The bass at times I can hear it but other times it's really just buried other the other instruments and vocals which is a shame since when I hear the bass it sounds very good. The drums to me seem a bit too loud at times but the drumming itself is good. I think if there was just a bit better production the album would be better. One other very minor complaint I wish Death Head was on this since it's my favorite song by them. But back to production this is their debut so I wasn't expecting some very good production one thing that is prevalent is attitude they don't give a crap what people think there just playing the music how they want to. Lyrically on this from what I can hear it's violence, death, anger oh wait more violence but what do you expect from songs like Martial Law, Insane Asylum, and Cultural Death. This band definitely has potential I'm curious on how the next album is going to sound, that's if they do put out another album. Until then just grab your denim jacket and headbang until you bleed!!!


8/10